s-video assistance please

[stimpy2001]

I have a dvd hi-fi, with an s-video output, my tv has no s-video socket.

I am using a scart converter at the tv end.

The problem is the picture comes out in black and white.

I have tried it in both tv scart sockets, the tv is only 1 year old and the hi-fi is about 4 months old, any ideas..........

It works fine using the composite lead...


Thanks in advance.

[Trekker]

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[soberion]

Does you TV actually accept S-Vid via the Scart socket? If so, there will be a setting/button to change the input for that socket. What TV is it?

[Delh]

Is the picture b&w for all region discs (u don't say if its multi-region), cos this is usually what happens when playing NTSC discs ?

Have u selected / can u select S-Video within your DVD Hi-FI menu?, or have u attempted to keep pressing your AV button on the tv to see if u have tried all options (my Sony has quite a few, some color, some b&w)

Or your tv (what make is it?) may not have a function disabled in its setup, or is it possible u have a one-way only cable thats going in the wrong direction (dunno if u would get a picture then??)??

Many things to look in to

Happy hunting

Delh

[SheepDip]

Definately sounds to me like your TV has to be told to accept S-video through the scart (Or doesn't accept it) Consult the manual - that hopefully will solve the prob. If it's - as suggested above - a R1 only thing - changing the DVD player output to PAL60 should solve that one.
Good luck.

[stimpy2001]

the tv is a samsung 28" widescreen plano. My old dvd player worked fine, r1 and r2, that was through normal scart connection though.

The hi-fi is multiregional and I am getting b+w when playing a r2 disc which is the opnly one I have tested so far.

The s-video to scart adapter has a switch on it so you can use it as input or output.

Cannot find a setting to change on the tv, the hi-fi can output in ntsc or pal and I know the tv can accept either.....!!!!!!

[McPastry]

Have you got it plugged into AV2? (usually only the second scart on a tv will accept s-vid). If you can't find an option in the tv's menu to activate s-vid, maybe repeated presses of the input selector on the remote will cycle through to the correct setting?

[stimpy2001]

tried in both scart sockets and tried the cycling thing as well.

Even the dvd menu itself without a disk in is in b+w.

Tried a different svideo cable, no joy.

Unless the adapter from svideo to scart has a problem

[belgarion_v]

My TV has 3 AV inputs, 2 Scarts and an S-Video socket.

AV2 (Scart) and AV3 (S-Video), can both be selected to be either 'Video' or 'S-Video' and in 'Video' mode, an S-Video signal comes out in b/w, and in 'S-Video' mode it works fine.

So like the others who have responded to your plight, I think that there must be some way to select S-Video.

Check your manuals carefully, the selection of Video / S-Video on my TV was on a completely different menu to the other settings, including some settings for the Scart / S-Video inputs:confused:

Cheers, Vinny